A Maine State Prison inmate who was serving a sentence for murdering his mother died Monday at the facility in Warren. Joseph Fitzpatrick, commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections, announced the death of 51-year-old Andrew Leighton, formerly of Falmouth, late Monday afternoon. Leighton was serving a 27-year sentence for murder that began on Jan. […]
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Autopsy planned on inmate who died at Maine State Prison
WARREN (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 57-year-old inmate has died at the state prison in Warren. The state Department of Corrections confirmed the death of Gregory E. Leeman on Sunday. Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland says Leeman was found unresponsive in his cell and died at the prison. The death does not […]
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Six charged in attempt to smuggle Suboxone into Maine State Prison
WARREN — Six people have been charged with drug crimes after allegedly attempting to smuggle Suboxone into the Maine State Prison, according to a statement from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Drug agents, along with state police and the Maine State Prison Investigative Unit, conducted a joint investigation into the trafficking of Suboxone strips over […]
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Maine State Prison inmate dies in Portland hospital
WARREN — The Maine Department of Corrections says that a 68-year-old inmate at Maine State Prison in Warren has died. Officials said that the Paul Henry Gray of Aroostook County died at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at Portland’s Maine Medical Center. He had served about 21 years of the 55-year sentence for murder that he […]
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Widow of sex offender killed in prison paid $100,000 to settle claim
WARREN — The widow of a 64-year-old man, who was killed at the Maine State Prison while serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a child, has been paid $100,000 to settle her claim against the state. Janet Weinstein originally notified the state that she intended to seek more than $1 million in damages for the […]
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Maine State Prison inmate allegedly admits he killed prisoner as retribution
WARREN, Maine — Richard Stahursky, the Maine State Prison inmate accused of beating and stabbing another prisoner to death last week, allegedly said he killed Micah Boland because the victim made false allegations against him and caused him to lose a job within the facility. Stahursky, also known as Richard Clement, 35, was charged Tuesday […]
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Former Jay man dies at Maine State Prison
WARREN — The Department of Corrections reported that inmate George Henry O’Donnell of Jay died Friday morning at the Maine State Prison. O’Donnell, 79, died at approximately 3 a.m., according to spokesman Scott Fish. According to department policy and the Attorney General’s Office protocols, state police and the state medical examiner were notified. At the […]
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New mental health unit at Maine State Prison met with optimism
WARREN — Last spring, Maine Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte said that during a cabinet meeting Gov. Paul LePage leaned over and said to him that more beds for the seriously mentally ill were needed. And with the state’s psychiatric hospital grappling with handling violent patients, the state came up with a plan. That led to […]
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Prison hospice program comforts the dying and changes the living
WARREN — Sergio Hairston thought he was prepared to watch someone die. The 25-year-old Lewiston man was at a bedside in the Maine State Prison’s hospice room watching a sick fellow inmate. “I always thought that I knew everything and could handle every situation,” said Hairston, an inmate since his conviction at 19 years of […]
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14 Degrees of change
WARREN — Sergio Hairston played varsity football for Lewiston High School, but the running back had spotty attendance and left school in October 2006, his senior year. Five months later, the 18-year-old stabbed Richard Lessard to death over a $250 drug debt and is serving a 15-year sentence for manslaughter at the Maine State Prison. […]